Natural Resources

Which resource do these turbines gather?

• Water

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Wind

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The picture shows people mining raw sand. Raw sand is a natural resource. Which statement best describes raw sand?

• a nonrenewable resource used to make glass and computer chips

• a renewable resource used to make glass and computer chips

• a nonrenewable resource used to make plant fertilizer

• a renewable resource used to make plant fertilizer

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Which list contains renewable natural resources found in Florida?

• oil, sand, sunlight, water

• oranges, wind, water, limestone

• wind, sunlight, water

• sand, oil, limestone, orange

Based on the graph, what is most of the groundwater used for in the United States?

• domestic

• livestock

• irrigation

• public supply

Which correctly matches the letter with the resource type?

• A-nonrenewable

  B-renewable

  C-renewable

  D-nonrenewable

  E-nonrenewable

  F-renewable

• A-renewable

  B-nonrenewable

  C-renewable

  D-renewable

  E-nonrenewable

  F-nonrenewable

• A-renewable

  B-renewable

  C-renewable

  D-renewable

  E-renewable

  F-renewable

• A-nonrenewable

  B-renewable

  C-nonrenewable

  D-renewable

  E-renewable

  F-nonrenewable

Which statement BEST explains why water can be both a renewable or a nonrenewable resource?

• Water is renewable because it can't be replaced. It is nonrenewable because people use groundwater and it can be replaced.

• Water is renewable because it can be replaced. It is nonrenewable because people use groundwater faster than it can be replaced.

• Water is only a nonrenewable resource because it can't be replaced.

• Water is only a renewable resource because it can be replaced.

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Plants

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

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Water

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

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electricity made by water power

• hydroelectricity

• pollution

• replenish

• geothermal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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a natural material or source of energy that is useful to people and cannot be replaced easily

• renewable resources

• conservation

• replenish

• Nonrenewable resource

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